Video Editor

2 Months ago • All levels • Video Editing

Job Summary

Job Description

The Just Won’t Die Studio is looking for a highly-skilled Video Editor to work on a new IP for console and PC. The role focuses on audio and sound design. The candidate should have an excellent eye for detail, technical ability, and a desire to create innovative video experiences. The responsibilities include owning the project's video experience, creating immersive sound design, and working with stakeholders. The ideal candidate should be passionate about games and have industry knowledge. The position is in-house and based in Cambridge, UK.
Must have:
  • Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5
  • Experience in video game marketing material production
  • Experience with editing software
  • Demonstrable video editing ability with a portfolio
  • Familiarity with special effects and compositing
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines
  • Grasp the production team’s needs and specifications
  • Input music, dialogues, graphics and effects
  • Create rough and final cuts
  • Ensure logical sequencing and smooth running
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Passion for playing and making games
  • Strong communication and sound design delivery
Good to have:
  • Experience with GaaS games and marketing
  • Experience in documentary
  • Experience in working with playtest footage
  • Experience working with external vendors and contractors
  • Knowledge of timing, motivation, and continuity
  • Creative mind and storytelling skills
  • Implement new editing technologies

Job Details

Video Editor

Job Description

The Just Won’t Die Studio is looking for a highly-skilled, driven and deeply creative Video Editor to work on an exciting new and original IP for console and PC. You’ll be the sole owner of audio and sound design.

We need someone who’s a self-starter, capable of both the artistic and technical elements of sound design - the role requires an excellent eye for detail, a solid technical ability and a strong desire to create incredible, innovative video experiences.

If you understand the importance of delivering visceral video engagement within a game experience, and how subtle detail and emotionally driven video can enhance a player’s immersion and have a desire for excellence, then we’d very much like to hear from you.

The ideal candidate would have industry knowledge and a passion for games. The position is in-house and based in Cambridge, UK.

Skills and Experience

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Own, and deliver to quality, areas of the project’s video experience

  • Create and integrate narrative-enhancing, immersive sound design

  • Work closely with the key stakeholders and to drive video direction for the game

REQUIRED:

  • Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5

  • Understanding and experience in the production of marketing materials in the video games development industry context

  • Solid experience with digital technology and editing software packages (e.g. Avid Media Composer, Lightworks, Premiere, After Effects and Final Cut).

  • Demonstrable video editing ability with a strong portfolio

  • Familiarity with special effects, 3D and compositing

  • Ability to work to tight deadlines.

  • Take a brief to grasp the production team’s needs and specifications

  • Input music, dialogues, graphics and effects

  • Create rough and final cuts

  • Ensure logically sequencing and smooth running

  • Consult with stakeholders from production to the post-production process

  • Learning new systems quickly

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • A passion for playing and making games

  • Strong communication skills coupled with the ability to deliver great sound design

GREAT TO HAVE:

  • Experience with GaaS games and associated marketing

  • Experience in documentary

  • Experience in working with playtests footage

  • Experience working with external vendors and contractors

  • Thorough knowledge of timing, motivation and continuity

  • Creative mind and storytelling skills

  • Continuously discover and implement new editing technologies and the industry’s best practices to maximise efficiency

YOU SHOULD HAVE:

  • A highly positive and proactive work ethic

  • Ability to drive your role alone

  • Excellent communication for when collaborating with others is required

  • A desire to learn and improve

To apply

  • You must be eligible to work in the UK

  • The role is office based in Cambridge - however, due to the current pandemic, you will be required to work from home until further notice

  • Send your covering letter, CV and portfolio to contact@justwontdie.com

About Just Won’t Die

We’re gamers. We’re powered by passion, and purpose-driven, and although we’ve been doing this for the last two decades, we still wouldn’t trade our day jobs for anything else in the world. Based in Cambridge, UK, the Just Won’t Die team was founded by the multi-award-winning game studio behind both enhanced-reality pioneer PlayFusion and prior to that, Jagex, the UK’s largest independent games developer and publisher.

Collectively, our team has over 150 game credits including some of the best-selling franchises in video game history, multiple Hugo Award nominations and best-selling books, as well as numerous granted patents.

Find out more about us at www.justwontdie.com

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